Worcester, Massachusetts
Bancroft Tower
This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.
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Worcester, Massachusetts
This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.
Newton, Massachusetts
A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.
Boston, Massachusetts
Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.
Boston, Massachusetts
This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Scarborough, Maine
This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.
Bangor, Maine
This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.
Bangor, Maine
The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.
Hartland, New Brunswick
The world's longest covered bridge is a quaint and incredible wooden tunnel.
Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Québec
The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.
Nackawic, New Brunswick
The largest axe on the planet contains a time capsule that seems like it may never be discovered.
Northesk, New Brunswick
New Brunswick's tallest mountain is the highest point in all the Maritimes.
Québec City, Québec
This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.
Montreal, Québec
The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.
Montreal, Québec
Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.
Montreal, Québec
A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.
Montreal, Québec
A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Ottawa, Ontario
This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.
Ottawa, Ontario
Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.
Ottawa, Ontario
A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.
Toronto, Ontario
Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.
Toronto, Ontario
This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.
Toronto, Ontario
This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.